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Thursday, April 5, 2018

Written Together by Wendi Zwaduk - Book Blast - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

Hi lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Wendi Zwaduk and her new book, “Written Together”! For other stops on her Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this post.

Be sure to make it to the end of this post to enter to win a bracelet made by the author and a signed swag pack!! Also, come back daily to interact with Wendi and to increase your chances of winning!

Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you lots of luck in this fabulous giveaway!

Written Together

by Wendi Zwaduk

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GENRE: Contemporary Erotic Romance (BDSM)

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BLURB:

What if the woman he needs is the one he thought was out of his league?

Adam Pallas knows what he wants out of life—to teach history, to be happy and to have a hot woman by his side. He’s got one out of the three. He should be happy, but he’s not. There’s one woman who grabs his attention every time. The catch? She’s very much out of his league. Can being himself actually snag him the woman of his dreams?

Melissa Murphy isn’t looking for love, but every time she sees Adam her plans go sideways. The English teacher knows there’s a confident, hot man hiding behind the slightly nerdy history buff façade. But her past and the things she wants between the sheets tend to scare men off. She believes the odds may be stacked against them. Could it be their lives are perfectly written together after all?

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EXCERPT TWO:

©Copyright Wendi Zwaduk 2018

She gripped the papers tight. Dear God. What if Adam found out from someone else before she could tell him the whole truth? Would he bolt? They were just friends, but some people were turned off by the idea of role-play and the other things she liked in the bedroom. Adam would probably be one of them. The man seemed so vanilla and wound so tight. And she was drawn to him. Go figure.

She sighed. No wonder she couldn’t make love work in her life.

Adam rounded the corner and waved. His grin widened and the spring entered his step. She snickered. The guy was so silly, but cute. She loved his determination. He’d cherish the woman who secured his heart. The memory of the hug the day before came to mind. She could feel his arms around her again. Warm, inviting and safe. She stopped in her doorway and waited for him to reach her part of the hall.

The jealousy showed up again. She had no ties to Adam other than the hug, but thinking of him with someone else stabbed deep in her gut. She wasn’t the type to chase guys who weren’t interested. What about Adam? Was he interested? Or just looking for friendship?

No, she’d focus on the platonic part of the pairing. God knew she needed more guy friends in her life and fewer dead-end boyfriends for her brothers to torture.

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AUTHOR BIO:

Wendi Zwaduk is a multi-published, award-winning author of more than one-hundred short stories and novels. She’s been writing since 2008 and published since 2009. Her stories range from the contemporary and paranormal to BDSM and LGBTQ themes. No matter what the length, her works are always hot, but with a lot of heart. She enjoys giving her characters a second chance at love, no matter what the form. She’s been the runner up in the Kink Category at Love Romances Café as well as nominated at the LRC for best contemporary, best ménage and best anthology. Her books have made it to the bestseller lists on Amazon.com and the former AllRomance Ebooks. She also writes under the name of Megan Slayer.

When she’s not writing, she spends time with her husband and son as well as three dogs and three cats. She enjoys art, music and racing, but football is her sport of choice. Find out more about Wendi at the links below.

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CONNECT WITH WENDI:

Website:

http://www.wendizwaduk.com

Blog:

https://wendizwaduk.wordpress.com

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/wendizwaduk.meganslayer

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/WendiZwaduk

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/wendizwaduk

BookBub:

https://www.bookbub.com/authors/wendi-zwaduk

Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3495446.Wendi_Zwaduk

Goodreads Book Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22025386-written-together

Amazon Author Page:

https://amzn.to/2H7RZ7f

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BOOK BUY LINKS:

Amazon Kindle:

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Barnes and Noble:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/written-together-wnedi-zwaduk/1119478697

Kobo:

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/written-together-1

Google Play:

https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Wendi_Zwaduk_Written_Together?id=kptLDwAAQBAJ

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

Wendi will be awarding a bracelet made by the author and a signed swag pack to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.

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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Serial Wives by Yvonne Walus - Blurb Blitz - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

Hey lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Yvonne Walus and her new book, “Serial Wives”! For other stops on her Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this post.

Be sure to make it to the end of this post to enter to win a $20 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card!! Also, come back daily to interact with Yvonne and to increase your chances of winning!

Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you lots of luck in this fabulous giveaway!

Serial Wives

by Yvonne Walus

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GENRE: Crime Fiction

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BLURB:

Why would a rich girl become a prostitute?

Three years ago Joy refused to sleep with an ex boyfriend. When he committed suicide, her guilt was enormous. To punish herself she opted to serve as a prostitute for three years.

How far would you go to protect your child?

Cora loves her convict husband despite - or because of - his bad boy ways. But now that he's back in her life, she has their daughter to consider. Is a faulty father better than no father at all?

A serial killer…

A serial killer who murders women and displays their bodies dressed in a white sheet with a fencing mask covering the face. Who will be next?

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EXCERPT TWO:

Zero’s shared office at the police station looked bleaker than usual. Not even nine o’clock and the morning was already too full of coffee and too scant on breakfast. After three hours in bed, Zero had chosen an extra fifteen minutes of snoozing instead of muesli and shower. She was regretting the no-muesli decision.

“So,” Zero said. “I got that list of psycho reasons for wanting to kill prostitutes.”

Kath raised her eyebrows. “Thought you’d get too sucked into the TV to do any work.”

Of course she did.

“Didn’t even switch it on. Used the Internet. According to Dr Google, scenario one is we could be looking at a man who has issues with women as such. He hates women and wants to hurt them, and the prostitute is simply an easy option. We’ll call him Bitter Boy.”

“Right.”

“The second scenario is that he despises prostitutes specifically. The attacks could be his mission to rid the world of women who, in his eyes, are morally unacceptable.”

“The Missionary.” Kath got up, reached for a blue marker and printed the two nicknames on the whiteboard, right below the photos and names of the two victims. Rebecca Mahoney, also known as Raven. Stella Baxter, a.k.a. Sirocco.

Zero wondered if their department would ever get a Smart Board. Unless Smart Boards were so smart they helped the police solve crimes, the official line went, the department would stick to the status quo in technology, thank you very much.

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AUTHOR BIO:

You won't believe this, but when I'm not a novelist I'm actually a Doctor of Mathematics. A business and data analyst. A wife and a mother. Most of all though - I am a writer (in several languages) hoping to change the world one book at a time.

My heritage is inter-continental. I was born and raised in Poland. When I was twelve, my family and I emigrated to South Africa. Your teenage years are usually your formative years, so it’s no surprise I consider South Africa my second homeland. For the past twenty years, I’ve lived in New Zealand, and people ‘back home’ tell me I’ve become a real Kiwi.

Crime fiction is my passion. My childhood hero was, predictably, Hercule Poirot. I've changed my mind several times since, and for a time I was totally into Harlan Coben's super-rich super-able Win (Windsor Horne Lockwood), but my current favourite is Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch… I mean, Sherlock Holmes.

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CONNECT WITH YVONNE:

Website:

https://www.yvonnewalus.com

Blog:

http://yewalus.blogspot.co.nz

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Yvonne-Walus-author-206745219335573

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/hotyve

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnsm4Q8lWqWyHikvPpy6kxQ

Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/319291.Yvonne_Eve_Walus

Goodreads Book Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38899212-serial-wives

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BOOK BUY LINKS:

Amazon Kindle:

https://amzn.to/2q8jUw2

Amazon Paperback:

https://amzn.to/2EfWEAZ

Barnes and Noble:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/serial-wives-yvonne-walus/1128262311

Kobo:

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/serial-wives

Apple iBooks:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/serial-wives/id1352878826?mt=11

Stairway Press:

http://www.stairwaypress.com/bookstore/serial-wives

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

Yvonne will be awarding a $20 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.

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The Last Prejudice by Bill Blodgett - Blurb Blitz - Book Trailer - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

Hi lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Bill Blodgett and his new book, “The Last Prejudice”! For other stops on his Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this post.

Be sure to make it to the end of this post to enter to win a digital copy of “Unrequited,” to FIVE lucky winners!!! Also, come back daily to interact with Bill and to increase your chances of winning!

Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you lots of luck in this fabulous giveaway!

The Last Prejudice

by Bill Blodgett

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GENRE: Mainstream Drama (GLBT)

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BLURB:

When Ed Connor slips into a coma his wife, children and their families arrive at the hospital to await his recovery. They gather around his bedside and begin reminiscing about the good old days but as the hours pass stress begins to take its toll causing long held family secrets and unresolved issues to surface. A disagreement over a DNR order put Ed’s sons, Steve and Peter, at odds and the family speculates that their anger is really about an event that led to their falling out when they were teens. While in his coma, Ed exists somewhere between life and death and wonders what he could have done differently when Steve tried to tell him that he was gay. The family is drawn into the bitter battle between Peter and Steve, and they fear things will never be right between them again. It’s now up to the family to devise an intervention as a last ditch effort to bring these two battling brothers back into the family.

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EXCERPT TWO:

The coffee cup shattered when it hit the white porcelain kitchen sink. She had just poured it and added a splash of half and half before she looked out the kitchen window to check on him. Oh well, if it makes him happy. Some things I just can’t change, she thought. Then he slumped over the steering wheel of the lawn mower. Fortunately the mower’s safety mechanism shut the mower down when he fell to the side and onto the newly mowed lawn.

The shattering of the cup had barely quieted before she was through the screen door and at his side. She pulled him the rest of the way off the mower and felt for a pulse. She found it. Thank God.

“Ed! Ed, can you hear me? Don’t do this to me, you stubborn old fart. I told you not to be mowing this damn lawn.”

His eyes opened when she cradled his head in her lap, and he mumbled something. She leaned closer. “… broken…” was all she heard.

“Broken? Ed, what’s broken?”

When he didn’t respond, she pulled back to look at him. His eyes went vacant and then slowly rolled back and closed.

“Help me, please… Anyone, please help me!”

She shrieked until someone heard her. Within minutes Beth, her neighbor, was at her side. “Jan, my God, what’s happened?”

“Call 911.”

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BOOK TRAILER:

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AUTHOR BIO:

Bill still lives in the community where he met and married his lovely wife, Janice. Actually, she lived around the corner from him and they both ignored each other until their teen years when the hormone thing kicked in and they suddenly realized that the cute little girl skipping rope and that goofy boy riding a bike had both grown up.

They are the proud parents of April and Lindsay; both of whom are now married. April married Darren and they have two beautiful boys, Brian and Owen. Lindsay married Tim and they have a beautiful little girl, Kailyn.

Bill enjoys hiking, kayaking, camping with his family, golfing, making candles, and restoring his antique European sports car, a 1972 MGB.

They say to write from what you know, so he does. He writes of love, life and relationships.

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CONNECT WITH BILL:

Website:

www.billblodgett.com

Email:

Bill@billblodgett.com

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/authorbillblodgett

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-blodgett-9a6b6b70

Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6525328.Bill_Blodgett

Goodreads Book Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38364888-the-last-prejudice

Amazon Author Page:

https://amzn.to/2q4b9CU

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BOOK BUY LINKS:

Amazon Kindle:

https://amzn.to/2GvpiEu

Amazon Paperback:

https://amzn.to/2GvK2M5

Barnes and Noble:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-last-prejudice-bill-blodgett/1127942818

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

Bill will be awarding a digital copy of Unrequited to 5 randomly drawn winners via Rafflecopter during the tour.

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Tuesday, April 3, 2018

The Ancient Tripod of Peace by Kalen Cap - Blurb Blitz - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

Hi lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Kalen Cap and his new book, “The Ancient Tripod of Peace”! For other stops on his Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this post.

Be sure to make it to the end of this post to enter to win a $40 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card!!! Also, come back daily to interact with Kalen and to increase your chances of winning!

Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you lots of luck in this fabulous giveaway!

The Ancient Tripod of Peace

by Kalen Cap

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GENRE: Young Adult Mystery

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BLURB:

Teens Lexi and Gil face relic-thieving secret societies.

Plagued by loneliness in her Lake Erie Islands community, vegan Lexi hopes to make like-minded friends in high school. But her dad’s job is jeopardized when relics are stolen from his museum, changing her priorities. And she finds her new teachers’ eerie dislike of her troubling.

His dad in jail, cipher enthusiast and bacon-loving Gil hopes freshman year will provide a clean slate. Soon, he discovers secret codes within a Shakespearean play while paired with Lexi, pulling him into an ancient mystery.

With the official museum burglary investigation stalled, the mismatched teen sleuths join forces to try and crack the case. Lexi’s inquiries and Gil’s codes capture their teachers’ attention. But these teachers have the stolen Tripod of Peace, a powerful relic sought by rival secret societies. Caught in these societies’ crossfire as thieves wield an instrument of astounding power, Gil and Lexi are in danger.

The Ancient Tripod of Peace is the first book in novelist Kalen Cap’s Teen Thief-Catchers Series. If you like stories with artifact treasures, fighting secret societies, and spirited protagonists, you’ll enjoy this novel.

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EXCERPT TWO:

“Mom knows one of my high school teachers, called him an odd duck. Said she worked on a fundraiser for his bird sanctuary.”

Brandon spewed the protein shake across the counter.

“Dude! That was classic! What gives?” Gil couldn’t help snickering, although his brother looked like he might be truly sick.

“Ah. Nothing. Went up my nose is all.” Brandon grabbed a dish towel and wiped up the mess. “So, you said this bird sanctuary guy is your teacher? What’s his name?”

“Some old guy named Saffron.”

“Nick Saffron is not old.”

“If you say so. He’s at least in his fifties, older than Dad. You know him?”

“I know him to see him. He’s gotta be the only Saffron at the gym,” Brandon said. “Listen, I need some shut eye. Are you going to walk Cyclops this morning or should I?”

Blind in one eye, their dog Cyclops was originally Brandon’s responsibility. But, when Brandon left for college, Gil cared for the doberman mix. A handful at 105 pounds, Cyclops was one of the biggest dogs in the neighborhood.

“I’ll walk Cy.” In many ways, the dog had been Gil’s best friend the past year.

“Thanks. I’ll catch some Z’s. Later.” Brandon left the kitchen while wiping his face with his hands. He quickly reappeared, stepping back into the kitchen. “I wouldn’t tell Saffron about my being your brother and him knowing me from the gym.” Without further explanation, Brandon left again.

“Okay,” Gil answered. He shook his head. Why does he care about that?

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AUTHOR BIO:

Kalen Cap is a writer living in Ohio and regularly commutes back and forth between Columbus and Port Clinton residences. Set among the Lake Erie Islands, “The Ancient Tripod of Peace” is his second novel, first of the Teen Thief-Catcher series. His first novel, “Tangled Ties to a Manatee,” was published in 2012.

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CONNECT WITH KALEN:

Website:

http://www.kalencap.com

Blog:

http://kalencap.com/blog

Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/TeenThiefCatchers

Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4683668.Kalen_Cap

Goodreads Book Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38743550-the-ancient-tripod-of-peace

Amazon Author Page:

https://amzn.to/2H53yfF

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AMAZON BOOK BUY LINKS:

Amazon Kindle:

https://amzn.to/2GuFVMg

Amazon Paperback:

https://amzn.to/2GuFVfe

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

Kalen will be awarding a $40 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Monday, April 2, 2018

Edger by David Beem - Blurb Blitz - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

Hi lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host David Beem and his new book, “Edger”! For other stops on his Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this post.

Be sure to make it to the end of this post to enter to win a $50 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card!!! Also, come back daily to interact with David and to increase your chances of winning!

Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you lots of luck in this fabulous giveaway!

Edger

by David Beem

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GENRE: Comedy Fiction

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BLURB:

It’s been said every story must start somewhere. Ours begins with a professional dork. The kind who fixes computers and lives in his gran’s basement. The kind tapped by destiny (that saucy minx) to become the world’s first superhero!

And not a moment too soon…

A nano-sized artificial intelligence is on the loose! It got itself dart-gunned into a cow butt by a frog man in a porn store! Two stoners are corrupting it on twitter! And that’s just the first three pages!!

Join our dork of destiny as he channels the collective unconscious—his psychic superpower—in a harrowing tale of high drama, romance, betrayal, revenge, jesus chickens, cocaine, weirdos, magicians, ninjas, nfl spies, and disco ball water torture administered to the tune of rapture, by blondie. My god, man, what does it all mean!?

It means uncorking that next bottle of wine isn’t only a good idea—it’s advisable.

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EXCERPT ONE:

“Morning, sleepyhead.”

I roll onto my side. A bar of honey-golden sunlight is bisecting a bare and definitely female leg in my bed.

Something like a popped clutch hitches in my chest.

I snatch the blankets and try to yank them up to my neck. They won’t come, because Mary—beautiful Mary Thomas—is sitting on the edge of my bed. The blankets are trapped beneath her beautiful butt, which happens to be wearing my favorite boxers. And the rest of her is in my Notre Dame jersey.

“What’re you—how’re you—what’re you—are you wearing my clothes?”

“I got to thinking,” she says, standing and sashaying over to my desk, where she picks up the picture of me and Dad. Her blonde hair is gleaming in the morning sunlight. Her legs are long, toned, and tan. I bite the side of my tongue, and my gaze snaps to eye level just in time; she sets down the picture and faces me.

“I’m going to help you.”

I yank my sheets up to my neck and count to ten. I’ve missed something. Maybe more than one critical something. Probably an entire chapter of critical somethings torn from the story of my life while I was sleeping.

I release the sheets and sit up. “How did you get in here?”

“Through the window.”

“I mean—okay. Not to be rude or anything, but…why are you in my room?”

“I’m glad you asked that, Edger,” she says, like her sitting at my desk and wearing my boxers and jersey is the most normal freaking thing in the history of normal freaking things. “I know we just met yesterday, but I think it’s time we moved in together.”

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AUTHOR BIO:

David Beem enjoys superhero movies, taekwondo, and flossing. He lives in Djibouti with his family and crippling self-doubt. Help actualize David’s inner confidence. Visit his website today, and buy all the stuff.

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CONNECT WITH DAVID:

Website:

www.davidbeem.com

Email:

edgerbook@gmail.com

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/david.beemauthor

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/davidbeem

Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5135530.David_Beem